Senate roll call 149 · 61st Congress · Apr 11, 1910
To amend the amendment to S. 6737, by inserting a clause limiting the jurisdiction of the court of commerce so that the said court shall have greater jurisdicti
On Apr 11, 1910, the Senate voted 25–40 (S 6737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–36, Democrats 16–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 61st Congress (1909–1910), William Howard Taft was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 11, 1910
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 36 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS voted yes
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Le Roy Percy D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Forney Johnston D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Joseph Little Bristow R-KS
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- William Edward Purcell D-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Jonathan Bourne Jr. R-OR
- Coe Isaac Crawford R-SD
- Robert Love Taylor D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Putnam Flint R-CA
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Simon Guggenheim R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R-CT
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- William O'Connell Bradley R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Alden Smith R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Le Roy Percy D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Elmer Jacob Burkett R-NE
- Norris Brown R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Frank Obadiah Briggs R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Stuart Nixon R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Elihu Root R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- George Tener Oliver R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- George Sutherland R-UT
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Samuel Henry Piles R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Jeff Davis D-AR
- Charles James Hughes Jr. D-CO
- Harry Alden Richardson R-DE
- Henry Algernon Du Pont R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Joseph Meriwether Terrell D-GA
- Lafayette Young R-IA
- John Randolph Thornton D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- William Warner R-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Gordon D-MS
- Joseph Moore Dixon R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Fountain Land Thompson D-ND
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Isaac Stephenson R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Wayland Watson D-WV
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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